Effect of surface treatment of magnetic particles on the preparation of magnetic polymer microspheres by miniemulsion polymerization

Qiuyu Zhang, Hepeng Zhang, Gang Xie, Junping Zhang

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Abstract

Surface treated magnetic particles were used to prepare well encapsulated submicron polystyrene/magnetic (PS/Fe3O4) composite microspheres via miniemulsion polymerization. The effects of the different surface treatment agents Disperbyk-106, Disperbyk-111, KH550, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and oleic acid were investigated on the encapsulation of polymer via miniemulsion polymerization. The interface interactions between magnetic particles, dispersants and coupling agents were analyzed from their IR spectra. It was found that Disperbyk-106 was the best dispersant in terms of preparing magnetic polymer microspheres with high encapsulation efficiency. The effect of wet or dry magnetic particles on encapsulation was also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)140-144
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume311
Issue number1 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2007

Keywords

  • Composite microsphere
  • Coupling agent
  • Dispersant
  • Magnetic particle
  • Miniemulsion polymerization
  • Oleic acid
  • Surface treatment
  • Surfactant

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